Dandelion

Description:

Dandelions are well-known, robust weeds. The common name derives from the French, dent de lion, meaning, lion's tooth, which refers to the deeply toothed, deep green leaves, which are arranged in rosettes. The bright yellow flower heads are borne on hollow stalks, and the downy seed heads are familiar to children as dandelion clocks, which are used to tell the time by the number of blows taken to remove the seeds. Vernacular names for the dandelion include wet-the-bed and pissy-beds, which refer to the belief that just touching part of a dandelion can cause bed-wetting.

Habitat:

Found in a very wide variety of habitats, but tend to thrive best in disturbed sites such as lawns, paths, waste ground, pastures and road verges. Some microspecies are found in natural or semi-natural habitats, including fens, sand dunes and chalk grassland.

Notes:

Spotted in rural area of Deventer, Holland. (sources:see reference)